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  • Thanks everyone for the comments and congrats to tlflag1620 and crzycatlady1 on the improvements! I will continue on the low carb/high fat diet for a couple weeks and see if I get any weight loss now that I am knocking my calories down some, also since on cholesterol meds and pre-diabetes I have to get blood work done…
  • My final thoughts on this, does the group suggest my fitness pal recommend 1740 calories with macro - 50% carbs, 30% fat, 20% protein or stay with keto macro 75% fat, 20% Protein and 5% Carbs?
  • Sorry to hi-jack this post but here is the info and what is confusing in that this is a keto thread- My Fitness PAL suggests 1740 calories but suggests a traditional diet macro - 50% carbs, 30% fat, 20% protein which is the opposite of keto.
  • I went to http://www.mydreamshape.com/keto-calculator/ So with my weight/height/age the numbers I get - Metabolic Rate = 2,138 calories to maintain my current weight of 237. To lose 2 lbs a week 1,138 calories. Then when I select light activity (exercise 1-3 days week) = 2940 calories to maintain my current weight and…
  • I just put in the percentages for keto I found online then added 2500 as goal calories. I don't remember where but found 2500 calorie amount somewhere for my weight in an article. My Fitness PAL suggests 1740 calories but also suggest the following macro - 50% carbs, 30% fat, 20% protein which is the opposite of keto. I…
  • Restarting keto on Monday, I tried for a week and didn't lose a single pound event though I did some lifting/light cardio 3 days. is there a magic number for calories? Understand you want 75% fat, 20% Protein and 5% Carbs but not sure how to figure total of calories I should put in for my goal in fitnesspal calculator,…
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